Thursday 11th September 2008, 6.30 for 7.00pm

Chris Stephens will address the key themes of the exhibition at Abbot Hall which repositions Ben Nicholson as more than simply the leading British figure in the international abstract movement.

Chris Stephens is Head of Displays at Tate Britain and a specialist in modern art with a particular interest in the art of St Ives. Past projects include exhibitions at Tate St Ives of Bryan Wynter, Barbara Hepworth and Roger Hilton; at Tate Britain of ‘Art and the 60s’ and Gwen and Augustus John. He has also published widely in the same areas and is currently working on exhibitions of Francis Bacon (2008) and Henry Moore (2010) for Tate Britain, and a critical history of art in St Ives.

Tickets £7.50 including a glass of wine (concessions £5 for students, Friends, Patrons and Benefactors of the Lakeland Arts Trust).

To Book for this lecture phone 01539 722464 (Early booking is recommended as there are limited tickets available).

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